Because trashing theaters has become part of how some fans engage with A Minecraft Movie, the feature now opens with a PSA encouraging people in the audience to stop throwing buckets of popcorn that someone is eventually going to have to clean up.
Apropos of it being the weekend, Bandai Namco Filmworks has just announced that there’s a new Ghost in the Shell animated series in the works directed by Dandadan storyboarder Moko-chan and produced by Science Saru (the studio behind Scott Pilgrim Takes Off.) The series is due out next year, and there’s a new trailer teasing what’s to come.
Ahead of Lazarus‘ second episode airing this weekend, Sony has released the series’ trio of soundtracks from Kamasi Washington, Bonobo, and Floating Points. All three of the soundtracks are on most major platforms, but there’s no word yet on whether they’ll be getting physical releases.
Writer / director Drew Hancock’s new thriller Companion stands somewhere between M3gan and Lars and the Real Girl with its story about a man (Jack Quaid) whose girlfriend (Sophie Thatcher) doesn’t know that she’s actually a sophisticated android. The movie’s an inspired entry in the growing canon of AI panic horrors, and if you missed it during its theatrical run, you’ll be able to catch it on Max beginning April 19th.
Doctor Who stars Ncuti Gatwa and Varada Sethu open up about how Miss Belinda Chandra is going to shake up the series.
Though Adi Shankar’s Devil May Cry animated series has only been out for a week, Netflix has already greenlit it for a second season.
This new trend of people in Minecraft movie screenings having meltdowns when Jack Black references Chicken Jockeys was already getting weird. But maybe seeing Jimmy Fallon trying to get in on the hype will make everyone realize that trashing movie theaters for fun is kind of terrible, actually.